Databricks documentation update: Explore the latest Databricks docs, featuring practical how-to guides and in-depth reference material for data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers working in Databricks Data Science & Engineering, Machine Learning, and SQL.
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GCP documentation update:

Getting Started

• Databricks documentation
• What is Databricks?
• Databricks components
• Sign up for Databricks Free Edition
• Get started tutorials on Databricks
• Get started: Query LLMs and prototype AI agents with no code
• Navigate the Lakehouse workspace UI
• Introduction to workspace objects
• Search for workspace objects
• Partner-powered AI features
• What is Databricks Assistant?
• Connect Databricks Assistant to MCP servers
• Connect to data sources and external services
• Query data

Data Management

• Managed connectors in Lakeflow Connect
• Write queries and explore data in the new SQL editor
• Update to the latest Databricks SQL API version
• Create and manage shares for Delta Sharing
• Access data shared with you using Delta Sharing (for recipients)

AI & Analytics

• Get started with AI agents
• Apply AI on data using Databricks AI Functions
• AI Gateway
• Build gen AI apps on Databricks
• Author an AI agent and deploy it on Databricks Apps
• Authentication for AI agents
• Author an AI agent and deploy it on Model Serving
• AI agent tools
• Query an agent deployed on Databricks
• Debug a deployed AI agent
• What is an AI/BI Genie space
• AI/BI administration guide

Platform

• Get started with Databricks Apps
• Configure a Databricks app
• Deploy a Databricks app

Integration

• Develop on Databricks
• Databricks Utilities (dbutils) reference
• Databricks Git folders
• CI/CD on Databricks
• Local development tools
• Databricks SDKs
• SQL connectors, libraries, drivers, APIs, and tools

Governance

• Databricks administration overview
• Create a classic workspace
• SQL warehouse admin settings
• Data access configurations
• Manage workspace appearance settings
• Configure default Python package repositories
• Manage workspace email settings
• Audit log reference
• Monitor account activity with system tables
• Networking
• Secret management
• Compliance security profile
• Upgrade a Databricks workspaces to Unity Catalog
• Governed tags
• Work with the legacy Hive metastore alongside Unity Catalog
• Unity Catalog best practices

References & Release Notes

• Databricks reference documentation
• Databricks release notes
• Resource limits
• Databricks Designated Services
• Best practice articles
• Databricks documentation archive

AWS documentation update:

Getting Started

• Databricks documentation
• What is Databricks?
• Databricks components
• Sign up for Databricks free trial with existing AWS account
• Sign up for Databricks Free Edition
• Get started tutorials on Databricks
• Introduction to workspace objects
• What is Databricks Assistant?
• Connect to data sources and external services
• Query data

AI & Analytics

• Apply AI on data using Databricks AI Functions
• AI Gateway
• Build gen AI apps on Databricks
• What is an AI/BI Genie space
• AI/BI administration guide

Integration

• Databricks Utilities (dbutils) reference
• CI/CD with Databricks Git folders
• Supported asset types in Git folders
• CI/CD on Databricks
• Terraform CDK Databricks Provider
• Local development tools

Governance

• Databricks administration overview
• Audit log reference
• Monitor account activity with system tables
• Upgrade a Databricks workspaces to Unity Catalog
• Work with the legacy Hive metastore alongside Unity Catalog

References & Release Notes

• Databricks reference documentation
• SQL language reference
• Databricks release notes
• Resource limits
• Databricks Designated Services

AZURE documentation update:

Getting Started

• What is Azure Databricks?
• Azure Databricks components
• Get started tutorials on Azure Databricks

Workspace & UI

• Introduction to workspace objects
• Partner-powered AI features
• Databricks Assistant
• Connect Databricks Assistant to MCP servers

Data Guides

• Connect to data sources and external services
• Connect to managed ingestion sources
• What is Lakehouse Federation?
• Query data

OLTP Database (Lakehouse)

• Lakebase Autoscaling
• Core concepts
• Connect to your database

Data Sharing

• What is Delta Sharing?
• Apply AI on data using Azure Databricks AI Functions
• AI Gateway
• Supported foundation models on Mosaic AI Model Serving
• Use foundation models
• Foundation Model APIs limits and quotas
• Serverless GPU compute
• Introduction to generative AI apps on Azure Databricks
• Build gen AI apps on Azure Databricks

Business Intelligence

• What are custom calculations?
• Dashboard visualizations
• What is an AI/BI Genie space
• Set up and manage an AI/BI Genie space
• Use a Genie space to explore business data
• AI/BI administration guide

Developers

• Develop on Databricks
• Databricks Utilities (dbutils) reference
• Azure Databricks Git folders
• CI/CD on Azure Databricks
• Terraform CDK Databricks Provider
• Local development tools

Administration

• Databricks administration overview
• SQL warehouse admin settings
• Sync users and groups automatically from Microsoft Entra ID
• Monitor account activity with system tables
• Diagnostic log reference

Security & Compliance

• Networking
• Customer-managed keys for managed services
• Secret management
• Compliance security profile

Data Governance (Unity Catalog)

• Upgrade a Azure Databricks workspaces to Unity Catalog
• Governed tags

Reference & Release Notes

• Azure Databricks reference documentation
• Azure Databricks release notes

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